Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills. ‘Behold, just now the world became perfect!’—thus thinks… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
My first job was playing 'Nurse 2' in a film by Ben Elton called 'Maybe Baby,' and the first actors I worked… — Shelley Conn Copy Share Image
If I'm ever working on a set and anyone talks about a master shot, I say there is no master shot. Before… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
For the whole history of cinema, we've been experiencing movies and television through a two-dimensional, letterboxed window. But once you can start… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
'Out of Sight' is one of my favorite films ever. Love Steven Soderbergh. 'Goodfellas' was a huge influence on me in terms… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
It's really interesting for me as a filmmaker to go back and look at the films I've made and see where I… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
We are quite excited about making 'Bhootnath 2.' It is a good franchise and we would definitely like to take it ahead.… — Bhushan Kumar Copy Share Image
What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I pick different projects for different reasons. Usually, it's a combination of things. I admire the director, and I am interested in… — Jennifer Connelly Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Making movies is like a circus. You get together for a finite amount of time and you build the most extravagant thing… — Joe Hahn Copy Share Image
I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I have cultivated a little crew of people whose opinions I understand. It's like the way you'd follow certain film critics because… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
We don't believe in splitting the experience. We don't believe in taking a row out and putting in motion seats [that shake… — Gerry Lopez Copy Share Image
I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
In general, in all my films, I choose to create a certain mistrust, rather than claiming that what I'm showing onscreen is… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I auditioned for 'Moonlight' without knowing anything. I went in the room, and I didn't know the lines as well as I… — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never… — Francesca Gregorini Copy Share Image
I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
I love escaping into film, because everyday life I find quite troublesome. So any excuse to go into a cinema and say… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
I enjoy the physicality a little more, with Vinnie Paz [in Bleed for This] that was the most prep I've ever had… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband.… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I've actually done three pilots for Disney. I met with the network when I was 16 years old and had just started… — Spencer Boldman Copy Share Image
My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I think Hollywood has gone in a disastrous path. It's terrible. The years of cinema that were great were the '30s, '40s,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The reason I got into filmmaking was super naive: to change the world, you know? To really make the voices that we… — Melina Matsoukas Copy Share Image
I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved… — Rick Gonzalez Copy Share Image
When I'm making a movie, I never watch the dailies. I see the movie once and that's it. It's really not about… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You live and die two or three times making a movie. First, you write it, and the first pivotal moment comes when… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films. But I light matches on those thinking blank nights when I crawl my… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be… — Tippi Hedren Copy Share Image
The process of working with the second unit director and basically sharing your workload with another director is such an interesting, delicate… — Susanna Fogel Copy Share Image